US Officials Are Fighting Against International Human Rights Law—Again
On Tuesday, the US House voted to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) in response to the court’s prosecutor seeking an arrest warrant for Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu and another...
View ArticleJamaal Bowman Loses Primary to George Latimer—and a Lot of AIPAC Money
In the most expensive primary in the history of the United States House of Representatives, Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.), a prominent progressive in Congress, lost to George Latimer, a moderate who...
View ArticleHow the War in Gaza Makes Life Nearly Impossible for Disabled People
Last December, UNICEF reported that two and a half months into Israel’s offensive in Gaza, at least a thousand children lost one or both of their legs. As more Palestinians become disabled, their...
View ArticleIn the US, Counting the Dead in Gaza Has Become a Gruesome Political Game
On July 5, the Lancet, one of the most famous medical journals in the world, published a letter from researchers with estimates of the death toll in Gaza from Israel’s nine-month invasion. Factoring...
View ArticleThe Gaza Pier Is a $320 Million Symbol of the Biden Administration’s...
In early March, President Joe Biden announced that the United States would build a floating pier in the Mediterranean Sea to bring humanitarian aid to Gazans. At the time, the administration heralded...
View ArticleA Day After Biden Said Israel Should Not Bomb “Civilian Areas,” Israel Bombed...
On July 12th, President Joe Biden filmed what may be his most candid conversation on his support for Israel since the October 7th attack by Hamas and the following 10-month military campaign by the...
View ArticleBiden or Harris? “Uncommitted” Delegates Just Want Someone to Stop the Bombs.
In the Democratic primary, the biggest challenge to President Joe Biden was not a single person. It was a movement. In early 2024, the death toll in Gaza was ticking towards 30,000. Americans watched...
View ArticleIsrael’s Settlements Violate International Law, Says Top UN Court
The International Court of Justice, the body that rules on whether or not a state is committing war crimes, just released a groundbreaking advisory opinion saying Israel’s settlements in the West Bank...
View ArticleKamala Harris Can’t Be “Brat” Because “Brat” Is Dead
On July 21, soon after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race, British pop icon Charli XCX broke the internet—and middle-aged political pundits’ brains—by declaring Vice President Kamala Harris...
View ArticleThe Pushback Against Netanyahu’s Visit to Congress
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—erstwhile Philadelphian and “the worst leader in Jewish history since the Maccabean king who invited the Romans into Jerusalem over 2100 years ago,” according...
View Article“Shut Up, Asshole”: Democrats Want Delegates Frustrated by Gaza Policy to...
Last night, the Michigan Democratic Party held a call asking delegates to rally around Vice President Kamala Harris as the party’s nominee after President Joe Biden stepped out of the race. During the...
View ArticleThe Big Money Push to Oust Cori Bush
On her 48th birthday, Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) celebrated by campaigning. Yes, there was cake, and there was singing, and there was a DJ, but there was also—a little under three weeks out from a heated...
View ArticleDelegates for the Thousands Who Voted “Uncommitted” Want a DNC Speaker
As the Democratic National Convention kicked off its virtual roll-call vote this morning, the Uncommitted movement—an organization that successfully pushed thousands of primary voters to choose no one...
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The Activists Targeting Companies That Make Money From Israel’s War
Early on the morning of July 31, a group of about 70 people arrived at the anodyne office of the cargo company Atlas Air, in White Plains, New York. They were members of Jews for Racial and Economic...
View ArticleThe Disingenuous Attack That Progressives Voted Against the Infrastructure Bill
In June, Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) lost to George Latimer in the most expensive primary in the history of the House of Representatives. Latimer was backed extensively by the American Israel Public...
View ArticleOne of the Most Vocal Proponents of a Ceasefire in Gaza Just Lost
In one of the most watched primaries this year, Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.)—among the first members of Congress to call for a ceasefire—lost to St. Louis Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell, who jumped into...
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In Republican Primary, Bigot Loses to Election Denier
Valentina Gomez, the 25-year-old former Missouri Secretary of State candidate known for crass posts—like calling her opponents “weak and gay” while jogging in a tactical vest—lost her eight-way...
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Uncommitted Voters Had Hope for Harris’ Gaza Policy. It’s Fading.
On Wednesday, Vice President Kamala Harris briefly met with Uncommitted movement leaders Layla Elabed and Abbas Alawieh before a public rally. It was the first time a group affiliated with the diverse...
View ArticleUS Approves $20 Billion More in Weapons for Israel—as the Death Toll in Gaza...
It has been a little over three weeks since President Joe Biden stepped down from his campaign for reelection. Since then, the Israeli military has killed at least 1,017 people in Gaza, according to...
View ArticleHow Extreme Heat Burns Chronically Ill Workers
When a man with painful cystic acne came to dermatologist Eva Rawlings Parker for help in a Nashville clinic, she couldn’t prescribe him doxycycline or minocycline, two medications she’d typically use...
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